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Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California

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Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California (ID: CSD5484)

Author(s):

Gale Holland (Los Angeles Times)

Origin:

Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/18/2008)

Type:

Articles, Papers, and Reports

Abstract:

Would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost -- and, they say, the dumbing down -- of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-textbook18-2008aug18,0,4712858.story

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